Last night at La Grenouille, Federico Marchetti, CEO and Founder of YOOX Group, and Kenneth Jay Lane, celebrated their new collaboration, on a range of costume jewels exclusive to the e-tail megalith. Dinner was just a small gathering of friends and editors—though, of course, when you’ve been in the bauble biz as long as Lane [...]

Fashion changes quickly. Not just the trends—the people, too. So when my friend Gio Metodiev left his post at Dolce & Gabbana, where he’d worked in public relations, I wondered what his next step would be. (He’d already done time at Fendi and Chanel.) As it turns out, he jumped from the business side of [...]

I’m just back from Milan, where, in addition to the shows, I haunted showrooms preparing for our next Accessories Report. One thing I noticed is that one of last season’s handbag trends is still going strong: as we called it at the time, the incredible shrinking bag. From every editor at the shows to most [...]

Sure, Marni had color-block furs and some of the most unique embroidered pieces I’ve seen yet in Milan. But what really wowed me at yesterday’s show were the earrings. Consuelo Castiglioni has always had a way with a statement accessory, and this season was no exception. The enameled pieces were big, bold, and beautiful—enough to [...]

No doubt about it, colored fur is here to stay. It started with the funky-colored fur scarves and stoles at Prada’s Spring collection, which, by the way, are every major editor’s key accessory this week. Faux or real (Prada’s smartly selling both versions), we’ve seen at least one at almost every show from New York [...]

The shows that opened Milan fashion week today were by the big names—Gucci and Alberta Ferretti among them—but at the private cocktail party hosted by Franca Sozzani for Vogue Italia’s Vogue Talents Corner, the up-and-comers had a chance to shine. Fourteen designers, selected by the editors of various international editions of the magazines, got a [...]

The fashion party circuit was hopping last night, but I couldn’t linger too long at the B Brian Atwood bash or toast Lacoste’s Felipe Oliveira Baptista—I’d gotten an invitation too good to refuse. Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan (left) opened their home last night to a handful of journalists and a lucky few AmEx Platinum [...]

The CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund-winning designer Sophie Théallet is a Parisienne in New York, so when she set out to collaborate with Nine West on a new collection of shoes, bags, and jewelry, she was thinking of bringing a little of that City of Light spirit to NYC. She was thinking of the chic marinière-style stripes [...]

Family reunions are full of surprises. Over the holidays, when I was back in Brazil at a Larroude gathering, I saw this amazing cuff on my cousin’s wrist. She told me it belonged to her mother, but she loved it so much she couldn’t resist borrowing it for the evening. It’s gorgeous from a distance, [...]

I love jewelry, but gold and diamonds can look a little fussy—I prefer my pieces with a touch of humor. That’s what I love about Germany’s CADA (which stands for Creativity, Arts, Design, and Anarchy, if you were wondering). The Munich-based brand has been in business for over 20 years, and specializes in the lighter [...]